DM ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC265688 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-29

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£5.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Environmental consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -61% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £5,375

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,489 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 61% YoY

Cash YoY

-61%

Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 61% YoY

Net Worth

£5k

↓ 39% YoY

Current Assets

£4k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.4k	£9.3k	£8.5k
Current assets	£4.3k	—	£8.5k
Cash	£4.0k	£10.1k	£8.5k
Debtors	£359	—	—
Net assets	£5.4k	£8.9k	£8.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2026-06-01
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2025-05-22
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2024-05-30
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2023-05-09
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2022-05-30
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2021-06-10
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2020-05-14
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2019-05-10
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2018-05-08
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2018-03-20
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capital · SH01
2017-04-11
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accounts · AA
2016-10-06
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accounts · AA
2016-05-09
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2015-09-10
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2015-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2004-03-29
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Company incorporated
As DM ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED
2004-03-29
➕
MCKEOWN, David William appointed
secretary
2004-03-29
➕
MCKEOWN, Ann Justyna appointed
director
2004-03-29
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MCKEOWN, David William appointed
director
2004-03-29
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-03-29
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David William Mckeown Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 12/1957 · age 69	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	29/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-03-29

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC74901 — Environmental consulting activities

Registered office

11 Fair Gardens

Heathhall

Dumfries

DG1 3SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

MCKEOWN, David William→

secretary · appointed 2004-03-29

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Active

MCKEOWN, Ann Justyna→

director · ~55y · appointed 2004-03-29

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Active

MCKEOWN, David William→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-03-29

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Active

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-03-29 · resigned 2004-03-29

Resigned

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